"Father." Su Ningjie hurried into the imperial study.
Su Xingyi looked up at him, pursed his lips, and smiled so happily, there must be something wrong.
"Brother Jie, why did you come to the palace? Isn't today the day your second sister returns home? Why aren't you staying at home with your second sister and brother-in-law?"
"After lunch, everyone in the family went to bed. I couldn't sleep and missed my father, so I went to the palace to see him. Why didn't he take a nap?"
Su Ningjie smiled and walked behind Su Xingyi, raised his hands and placed them on his shoulders. "Your Majesty, you have so many memorials to review, and you haven't taken a nap yet. You must be very tired. Let me give you a massage."
Su Xingyi was very relieved. He felt that his son was not raised in vain. "...You are really filial."
Su Xingyi pulled him over from behind, let him sit on his lap, and fed him the fruit pulp on the imperial table.
"Tell me, what do you want from Father?"
"Father, how could I not hide this from you? I can't just enter the palace because I miss you, Father?"
Su Xingyi flicked Su Ningjie's forehead and said, "You have always been able to hide your thoughts from outsiders, but you can't hide them from your father."
He raised Su Ningjie by himself. As soon as Brother Jie opens his mouth, he knows what he is eating.
"I really can't hide it from you, Father. I came to you because I want to tell you that I don't want to sit in the Imperial College and study all day."
Su Xingyi frowned slightly. "Aren't you going there half a day every day now? Do you want to not go to the Imperial College every day?"
Su Ningjie nodded, then shook his head. "It's not that I don't go to the Imperial College to study every day, it's just... it's just... I promise to pass the exam for my father and still make money from business."
This means he wants to focus on making money. "...You don't have to do the business yourself now. Just set goals and formulate business strategies and let the people below do it. It won't interfere with your studies, right?"
"Hmm..." Su Ningjie couldn't refute it. This was what he was doing now. "It won't affect my studies, but..."
"Oh, that's right. The big exam is next year. Study hard for another year and try to pass the exam. Then you'll be free. Are you happy?"
"If you pass the exam to become a scholar, you don't have to go to the Imperial College to study?"
Su Xingyi smiled and nodded. "That's right. As long as you work hard for a year, you will be free and you can concentrate on making money. Aren't you happy?"
Su Ningjie thought about it and decided that if he studied hard for another year, he would be completely free and could travel around the country and open a shop to earn money.
If he expands the Su and Lu families' businesses to the other three countries, he will be the richest man in the four countries in a few years!
The more Su Ningjie envisioned it, the happier he became. "Father, this is truly a joyful thing! Then I'll study hard for another year. I'll take my leave now and return to the Imperial Academy to study."
"Yes, the boy is teachable. Go ahead."
Looking at Su Ningjie's receding back, he felt bad.
He actually used studying to keep Brother Jie. Once he let him go into business, how many times could he see him in a year?
What should you do if you encounter bad people while doing business?
Su Ningjie walked a long way before he realized that he had been fooled by his father.
He came to persuade his father to agree that he didn't need to go to the Imperial College to study, but how could he be tricked by his father into going to the Imperial College to cancel his leave?
"Young Marquis, the Imperial College will be closed in more than an hour. Do we still need to go there to report for leave?" Wei Ying looked at Su Ningjie with an annoyed look on his face and asked tentatively in a low voice.
"Of course I have to go. I'll cancel my day off tomorrow morning and study every day from now on. I can't skip classes."
In order to become the richest man in the four countries as soon as possible, he must pass the examination to become a scholar a year later!
During the days when Su Ningjie was studying hard, Su Ningwen almost figured out the entire operation process of the Ministry of Justice.
He repeatedly read through the thirty-six volumes and seventy-two books of law, but could not find the sentence his mother had said: "Oppressing women and children, and intimidating the weak is a capital crime."
Was this forgotten in the law?
After all, my mother would not lie. Miao Xiantong pronounced the verdict in court at that time.
I must have forgotten this one.
Su Ningwen remembered that there were people in the village who sold children.
If they hadn't had a good father, they would have been deceived and sold by Old Lady Li before their mother even showed up.
There was also a younger sister who was tricked into being a child bride. She had to do all the dirty and tiring work, and she might even be beaten and starved.
If something like this really happened to them, it would be a sad and painful thing.
Thinking of selling your child for money when you can't make ends meet is definitely wrong and is illegal.
There were also people who bought wives from other villages and beat them half to death.
When he was still a young marquis, he was frightened when he heard crying and shouting in the middle of the night.
Alas, this is obviously wrong, and the law does not even provide corresponding warnings or punishments for this situation.
Could it be that those officials who imposed the law at the time had no idea that such things would happen among the people?
Or maybe they know these things, are used to them, and don't think they are breaking the law.
Then why is it illegal for human traffickers to kidnap children?
Is it not illegal for parents to sell their children?
Daddy must detest these things, and if they were legislated, he would definitely agree.
When Su Ningwen thought about this, he was about to go to the palace to find his father and explain the matter.
Not long after leaving the room, he returned and picked up a pen to write a memorial to Su Xingyi.
Dad has to deal with so many important matters, and he always has to prioritize them. It would be safer for him to submit a memorial.
After Su Ningwen finished writing the memorial, he read it over and over again, and felt that what he was reporting was too simple.
The injustices he witnessed only occurred in Guihua Village, neighboring villages, and Xishui County.
When he arrived in Huayang County, he could no longer see the capital.
Everyone they meet is very respectful to them, so naturally they don't see any injustice.
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